Researchers uncover 2,100-year-old mass grave of dismembered Han soldiers in southern Mongolia
"Dismemberment was considered in Han culture the most humiliating way to die. Execution by dismemberment was the most ...
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From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity
Decked out in black war regalia out of the 13 th century, they sing invocations to a Mongolian sky deity and odes to 13 th ...
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An Unlikely Democracy: The Legacy of Mongolia’s 1990 Revolution
The resilience and continued survival of Mongolian democracy is a testament that democracy can endure in hard places.
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Defending Heaven: China's Mongol Wars, 1209-1370
London: Frontline Books / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2013. Pp. xxxiv, 236. Illus., maps, appends., notes, biblio., index. $39.95. ISBN: 1848326602. The Defense of China ...
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Helmet found at Kyoto shrine thought to be Mongol invader’s
Japan’s imperial government in 1268 asked 22 shrines, including Kitano Tenmangu, to pray for a victory in preparation for a war against Mongols, according to records. In 1281, respects were paid ...
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NOMONHAN INCIDENT: Japan-Soviet battle in eastern Mongolia start of World War II
A string of pits covers the plain about 1,200 kilometers east of the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator ... as the true “starting point” of World War II.